Incoherent Ramblings: The Perfect Storm Edition
Boy, has it been a long time or what?!?
The perfect storm of productively un-productiveness that has been my life for the last 3 months has died down just long enough for me to get a blog post out.
Between my new job, full-time school, …
21 Major Benefits to Blogging (Not Involving $ But That Could Get You Paid)
I discuss 21 major benefits to starting a blog, as well as the various ways that blogging can help you expand your circle of influence, build and maintain relationships, develop trust, help your SEO, and more.
Starting a blog has been one of the single-smartest …
Best Blog Commenting Systems & Platforms
Today we’re going to talk about blog comments and why they’re an effective tool for engaging blog readers and developing relationships. A couple of months back, I decided to shift from using WordPress’ native system to manage my blogs comments to a 3rd-party system.
For …
My Story: Facing Adversity, Believing In Yourself, Kicking the Door Down, and Knowing Your Value
Today we’re going to get a little personal as I’ve been apt to do lately and talk about a few things that can often be tough subjects – especially in a work environment.
I recently finished my first week at my new job, and let …
Why Opinion Blogging Has to Be More Than Just Attitude on Paper
Today we’ve got a guest post from a good friend of mine, Dr. Erika Pryor. Erika and I met a couple months ago through Twitter and our respective blogs, and have since become fast friends. I’ve had the pleasure of guest hosting on her radio …
Popping My #CBusr Cherry & Why Taking Online Offline Is Important
I attended my first #CBusr meetup event last night, and I chronicled my experience right here on my blog. I was able to meet some awesome people (whom I’ve given shout outs to in the article), learn a valuable lesson on why taking social media …
The Times They Are A-Changin’
My farewell and thank you post to People To My Site. I am ever grateful for the opportunity to have worked with such great people, and will miss all of you.
To quote Bob Dylan:
The Times They Are A-Changin’
Indeed they are.
Effective April …
How To Use Google Analytics & Click Distribution Data To Project Traffic Boosts
Today’s article is a guest post from Kevin Lenton. Kevin works with companies to build and maintain their online relationships with clients, as well as prepare content geared at high conversion rates. In his spare time he enjoys playing the harmonica – an activity he’s …
Meta Description Optimization: Writing Effective Meta Descriptions for SEO
On the heels of last week’s article on Title Tag Optimization for SEO, I’d like to cover another important aspect to optimizing websites to place well in the SERPs – Meta Descriptions.
A Quick Background on Meta Tags
Meta tags in general have been a …
Title Tag Optimization: A Comprehensive Guide to Writing Effective Titles for SEO
Tips for writing better title tags for SEO. Writing effective title tags can have a tremendous impact on your site’s search engine ranking, and is the backbone of every effective Search Engine Optimization campaign. Learn how such factors as title length, keyword usage methodologies, duplication …
Google’s Farmer/Panda Algorithm Update & How It Affects You
Learn about Google’s recent “Farmer/Panda” Algorithm update, release on 2-24. This change in the algorithm – which will impact 12% of U.S. sites – is meant to improve the quality of Google’s results by removing low-quality sites from first-page search results.
In the last several …
